Heart Tribulation
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Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in the relationship between social change in twentieth-century China and individual fate
- Fans of literary fiction that emphasizes psychological portrayal and human nature
- Mature readers seeking deep reflection and self-examination through reading
- Literary readers with a preference for Jiang Limin or writers of similar style
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking fast-paced, plot-driven, and purely entertaining reading
- Young readers with little basic knowledge of or interest in the specific historical background
Reading tips
- Read in a relatively quiet environment to better immerse yourself in the novel's atmosphere and the characters' inner worlds.
- A brief understanding of the work's historical background can help, but do not be bound by historical details; focus more on its universal human themes.
- After reading, pause for a moment to reflect on the questions the book raises about choice, responsibility, and spiritual freedom.
About the publisher
Founded in 1984, Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House is a professional literary and art publisher. Its collection of 389 titles spans classic works, essays and miscellaneous writings, Eastern philosophy, folk literature, classical literature and design. Representative books include Lao She's Camel Xiangzi, Laozi's Dao De Jing, Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the Shakespeare drama collection featuring Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth and Othello, with Zhu Shenghao's translations adding luster to the series. Its author resources range from classic Chinese and foreign writers such as Lao She, Laozi, Luo Guanzhong and William Shakespeare to translators and authors including Zhu Shenghao, Li Chensen and Liang Sicheng. The publisher is characterized by its balance of Chinese and foreign literary classics with traditional culture titles, combining scholarly value with popular reading. Public information is limited, and the above is based mainly on the books in the collection.
Contents
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- 第一章 这个雪夜如梦似幻
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- 第二章 一步错，步步错
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- 第三章 恭喜你，你做父亲了
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- 第四章 芳草尽成无意绿
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- 第五章 夕阳都作可怜红
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- 第六章 字字血，声声泪
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- 第七章 慈母手中线
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- 第八章 崩溃
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- 第九章 恭喜你，你当爷爷了
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- 第十章 叫儿子太沉重
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- 第十一章 天哪，天哪，我的天哪
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About the author
Jiang Limin is a Chinese author known for social fiction. Publicly available information about her is limited: she has two works to her name, Du Shang Gao Lou (Alone on the High Tower) and Xin Jie (A Trap of the Heart). Her writing is generally classified as social fiction, a field concerned with how people fare in real-world circumstances and how their inner lives shift under pressure. Such fiction usually draws on concrete social relationships and everyday settings, using characters' choices and fates to reveal the mood of the times and the folds of human nature. The two titles themselves suggest considerable emotional tension and the flavor of lived experience: the first carries a sense of climbing high and gazing far in solitary pride, while the second points to deep inner predicaments and struggle. Because reliable information about the author's life, birthplace, and writing career is not yet sufficient, no speculation is offered here; this note merely outlines the direction of her existing works, and readers may turn to the texts themselves for a fuller sense of her narrative style and concerns.
